Month: July 2020

Jul 17 2020
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Mifepristone Slows Aging in Flies

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Researchers here note that mifepristone, an abortifacient drug, slows aging in flies. This is interesting, but the mechanisms of action so far have the look of being quite specific to...
Jul 17 2020
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Targeting Senescent Cells in the Heart

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Senescent cells accumulate with age, and their inflammatory secretions disrupt tissue structure and function. In the heart, the presence of senescent cells contributes to fibrosis, hypertrophy, and other aspects of...
Jul 16 2020
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On Defining What it Means to Be Old

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An increasing interest in intervening in the aging process, in treating aging as a medical condition, inevitably produces a greater interest in measuring aging. When is an individual old? Even...
Jul 15 2020
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Thermoregulation is Impaired by Aging

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The old are more vulnerable to all stresses, and heat is no exception. Older people make up a majority of the fatalities in heatwaves. This topic isn’t frequently discussed in...
Jul 14 2020
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The new tattoo: Drawing electronics on skin

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One day, people could monitor their own health conditions by simply picking up a pencil and drawing a bioelectronic device on their skin. In a new study, engineers demonstrated that...